10 curiosidades del ping pong en ingles?

1. Table tennis or Ping pong, is consider the most complex sport of all at the elite levels.

Its difficulty consist in combining an adequate physical preparation with the intelligence of a competition game.

2. In a single game, players can burn up to 300 calories per hour.

3. The sound generated by the ball during the game inspired the first names : ping pong and wiff - waff.

4. A single ball of ping pong is capable of reachiong 100 kilometres per hour, while having contact with the table and the racket of only 0.

003 seconds.

5. Pong pong is the sport most federated in the world, ahead of soccer, basketball or traditional tennis.

6. Unlike other competitive sports, height is not and obstacle to practice professional ping pong.

7. The greatest competitiveness comes from Asia.

Being China the one with the most titles and tradition.

8. As there in no physical contact between the players, the injuries that the players have are only muscular.

9. Being one of the most complete sports that can be practiced.

A study showed that it can delay senile effects in older people.

10. Since 1988, Ping pong has been an Olympic sport.